How to Use olden in a Sentence

olden

adjective

• What was life like in the olden days?
• In olden times, sailors used the frayed end of a rope dipped in saltwater.
  — Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2020
• But now One Chicago bar is taking the Mai Tai back to the olden days.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
• When dinner was over, the kids left the house and went outside to play, which is something children did in the olden days.
  — Lisa Scottoline, Philly.com, 24 June 2017
• This wasn’t a problem back in olden times, when the setting of the sun ended light exposure for the day.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
• In ye olden days of 2012, e-books were often cheaper than hard copies.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• David, Don Quixote lived in olden times, when people were very strict about the kind of stories that were allowed to be told.
  — J. M. Coetzee, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• Prefer learning about the, ahem, saucier side of olden times?
  — Jenna Schnuer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
• That myth also implies that the unions that emerged in those olden times are no longer necessary.
  — David Scott Witwer, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2019
• In the olden days, people applied perfume and talcum powder to try to cover up the smell of BO.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
• Yes, a long time ago was a decade when the coolest thing a girl could have was a collection of dolls with outfits and books designed to teach them about the olden days.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
• However, the cost of living has risen in Seattle since the olden days, and these jokers are making about the same salary.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 5 May 2023
• In ye olden days, a lord or lady might wear a locket holding an image of their beloved or a ring made of a lock of their lover's hair.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Teen Vogue, 18 Jan. 2018
• The handmade crystal decanter is designed around the shape of a ‘dirk,’ a Scottish dagger of olden times.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2023
• Which is why Angelina Jolie's Tomb Raider (circa ye olden days of 2001) will always have a place in our hearts.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 27 Mar. 2017
• Which is why Angelina Jolie's Tomb Raider (circa ye olden days of 2001) will always have a place in our hearts.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 27 Mar. 2017
• In the olden, more golden days of Hollywood, there were 50 shades of the often-sappy staple.
  — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017
• The Cesar salad is served tableside in a throwback to the olden, golden days.
  — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Like Potter or Mason in olden times, terms like Googlers and Vimeans are used today to connect people to their jobs.
  — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• De Angeli’s light use of olden-day language is lilting and skillful, giving color and depth to the tale.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 20 June 2021
• Taylor has been designing for the company since back in ye olden days of 2009.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 23 Aug. 2017
• In olden times, the only human pastimes were A) reading books and B) staring at the sky and wondering if a cloud looked like a cow or a duck.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• In ye olden days, these cards would store some actual data like contacts and messages, but with the advent of smartphones, all of that moved to the cloud.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
• After all, the Silver Sixties of the olden days pale in comparison to the transcendent ’90s of the golden days.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2017
• Think of it like battle orders delivered in olden times.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 18 June 2021
• His evocations of the olden days give a golden cast to his characters, whose lives, like Pa’s, sound bleaker than Conover seems to want to acknowledge.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
• The vast quantity of fruit produced in Greece proved overwhelming in olden times, when trade was slow or nonexistent.
  — John Malathronas, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021
• In olden times, Sandler movies would open reasonably well in theaters, then enjoy a long life on pay TV and other platforms.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 June 2019
• Because in the olden days, most neurotics didn’t smoke a ton of pot, at least not on the East Coast, because the schwaggy old Mexican weed available there was an enemy to the jittery.
  — Heather Havrilesky, The Cut, 27 June 2017
• Effectively, The Players’ Tribune has found a way to simulate the access of olden times by putting control in the hands of the wealthy and attractive subjects.
  — Amos Barshad, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024